Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay unen esfuerzos para mejorar adaptación climática en Triple Frontera En este artículo se examina la vulnerabilidad de las ciudades en la Triple Frontera, que, en relación a América del Sur, es la región que está más expuesta a eventos climáticos extremos y presenta numerosas vulnerabilidades.

Reflexiones para lograr la resiliencia climática ¿Cuáles son los desafíos, barreras y oportunidades de las ciudades pequeñas y medianas de la región para ser resilientes al clima?.  Esta ha sido la pregunta principal que guió el taller  Reflexiones sobre el planeamiento participativo e implementación de acciones para la resiliencia climática que se llevó a cabo en la Ciudad de Panamá los días 6 y 7 de Diciembre de 2017.

An online community for innovative education on climate change An online, open-access Master's curriculum platform aims improve innovation and education around climate change and sustainability in Southern Africa. HEMA’s Botha Kruger and CDKN’s Nkulumo Zinyengere share their thoughts on the process.

Climate change and gender: Are we risking perverse gender outcomes? Gavin Quibell and Lene Lundsgaard argue that delivering more climate-resilient infrastructure must be accompanied by the protection and enhancement of women's existing roles and autonomy in society.

Financing climate resilient development - a call to action Climate and water expert Gavin Quibell believes there are increasing opportunities to finance both the social and economic components of climate resilience.

Raising Risk Awareness in Ethiopia In collaboration with Ethiopia's National Meteorological Agency and the Addis Ababa University, the RRA team invites you to a two-day event focusing on the science of extreme event attribution, analysis of the 2015 drought in Ethiopia and the implication it has for decision-making, and its implications for rebuilding and resilience efforts following such an event.

Raising risk awareness - Collaborating to understand extreme weather How can a group of scientists, vulnerability experts and knowledge brokers work together to help improve decision-making around extreme weather events? Some 40 such participants gathered to find out. Toby Morris reports on the Raising Risk Awareness expert roundtable in Nairobi.

Lessons for climate compatible development from African agriculture CDKN Africa's Nkulumo Zinyengere shares six lessons from the Regional Climate Smart Agriculture Conference, which he recently attended. He looks at the detailed efforts to advance climate smart agriculture in southern Africa.

Building the adaptation investment case in Africa How do you build the investment case for climate change adaptation in an African context? Watch an animation about a workshop held in Cape Town, South Africa, which brought together CDKN colleagues and collaborators to discuss adaptation on the continent.

Ethiopia’s investment in climate compatible development Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation was recently accredited to receive funds from both the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund. CDKN's Robi Redda and Tesfaye Hailu reflect on five factors that contributed to Ethiopia's success.

New book: Citizen participation in climate compatible development planning Citizens have knowledge and access to resources that enable them to develop a sustainable vision for their community. This is one of the findings from a CDKN-funded project in Maputo, Mozambique. Vanesa Castán Broto, one of the project leads, talks about the newly published practitioners’ handbook that looks at ways to engage with communities for climate compatible development.